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Fried Herring
There are many health benefits of eating fish. Fish is a good source of proteins, calcium, iodine, riboflavin, and fats from fish is easy to digest.
Yesterday I bought a kilo of herring. Frying the fish is the only way to entice the appetites of my sisters, so without further ado, I cleaned the fish and drain off excess water for about 15 minutes before rubbing them with salt.
1 kg. herring
1 tsp. sea salt
oil for deep frynig2 big tomatoes sliced, for garnish
2 med size onions, sliced
Vinegar & soy sauce for dipping
Preparation:
You may or may not scale the fish. Lay the fish on a cutting board use a sharp knife to cut off the heads. Remove the entrails in the stomach. Rinse the fish inside out in cold running water. Drain off water. Rub salt on the fish.
In hot oil, deep fry fishes in batches.
Arrange on platter. Garnish with slice tomatoes and onions.
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Braised Pork Belly
1/2 kg pork belly with skin on or without
1 medium onion, diced
ginger, peeled and cut into thin slices
3 cloves of garlic, sliced
2 tbsp cooking oil
2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp brown sugar
1 pc. bay leaf, crushed
2 cups water
Procedure:
Heat the pan over medium heat, add the oil, then the diced onions, chopped ginger. Continue cooking the onions and spices, about two minutes.
Put the pork belly flat, on the pot over the onions and spices. Add enough water to completely cover the belly, add the soy sauce, crushed garlic cloves, brown sugar and crushed bay leaf.
Put the lid on the pot and turn the heat up to high and bring the pot to a boil. Let simmer over low heat for at least 30 minutes or until the pork is tender.
You can serve this over rice or any kind of noodle you have. You can add as topping blanched bok choy or diced carrots.
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Eggplant Salad
Eggplant Salad
Eggplant can be cooked in many ways, by grilling, baking or boiling. I like to boil the eggplant for this recipe.
Ingredients:
2 pcs. med. size eggplant (long purple ones)
2 med. size tomatoes, sliced in wedges
1 pc. green onion, sliced thinly
For the dressing:
3 tbsp. fish sauce or 1/2 tsp.. salt
2 tbsp. white vinegar
dash of black pepper or chillis
Procedure:
Boil eggpant (cut-off the stalks) in water until cooked. Remove from water and let it rest and cool. Cut or chop into bite-size pieces with the skin on. If you don’t like to eat the skin, cut in half vertically and scrape the meat. Set aside. Slice tomatoes into thin wedges. Slice green onions.
Mix in a deep bowl or in a shallow platter all of the above ingredients. Season with fish sauce, white vinegar and dash of pepper. Mix and toss lightly. If you want a spicy taste you can add chilli powder cut red chillis. Let stand for 15 minutes minutes in the ref. before serving.
Note: If the Asian variety is not availabe, you can use the round variety.
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Eggplant Lasagna
This is a dish of layered eggplants and meat topped with white sauce and baked. Moussaka means "casserole". Origin is Greek.
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Pineapple
Pineapple fruit is rich in minerals and vitamins C, B1, B6, excelent source of manganese and copper. Good source of dietary fiber. Pineapple have diuretic, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. It is good for diarrhea, digestion, intestinal infection, athritis, sore throat, gout etc
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Comment by Lydia 1
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Don't give up! Try it first, 1 cup rice to 1 cup water. Once it boils, stir it once, cover, simmer, reduce the heat to low and start timing your rice for 5 minutes. If you see that is water still boiling over, turn off the heat. Let it stand on the burner for another 5 minutes. Remember that steam cooks the rice so cover the lid of your pan.
Just try there's nothing to lose. By the way, buy long grain rice like Jasmine or Basmati variety not Uncle's Ben(because they are parboiled). Good luck.